What are these seedlings?

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Right, thats what I always called Desmodium Gyrans, if your growing it from seed at this time of the year I would not expect too much success.
    The leaves only rotate in full sun above 22C, so its not going to happen this year I'm afraid.

    But getting to the mystery seeds, you've got me confused, as you say neither are carnivorous plants, which is a pity as apart from the catnip, they are the only ones that I would guess stand a chance of making it through the winter and going on to grow next year.

    The others would be much better sown in spring.
     
  2. Gumbert

    Gumbert Apprentice Gardener

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    I still have some seeds of each in the fridge. I just thought I'd set some off to see how they get on. They're in a propagator and I just bought some better lightbulbs, so hopefully they will get through winter. I think most of the seeds here are annuals anyway, so I'm not too fussed what happens to them

    Yeah the mystery seedlings, they were packaged as drosera and dionaea, and the dust like seeds seemed like they should be drosera. But now it's turned out the dionaea pack is catnip, and the catnip pack is something unknown, so I'm guessing whoever packed them mixed them up (wasn't me anyway, I'm sure of that)
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Yep, its a problem.

    I'm sure the companies that make these packs up hope that no one ever gets them to grow, and if they do, they dont question what they have.
    Just grow them on and see what you get.:)

    They may turn out to be something exciting, even though not what you expected.:)

    Seems you stand a good chance if you have lighting as well as heat.:thumb:
     
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    Bottom ones look like '' Bizzy Lizzie '' to me - gone a bit ' leggy ' due to lack of light
     
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    Thanks. Not sure they're busy lizzie either, though. They've grown like crazy with the new bulbs. The leaves are soft even though they look pretty ridgid in those pics, and are quite hairy like the stems. The leaves also have a deep pair of veins near the base of the leaf, while the other veins are shallow, and I haven't seen any pics of other plants whose leaves look like that.
     
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    alan.rawlinson Apprentice Gardener

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    OK thanks - from your description I withdraw the '' bizzie Lizzie '' guess! Seems to be from the nettle family.

    Cheers
     
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